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Omega 3 Fatty Acids Reduce Self-Harm or Suicide in Adults?

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Tonya Turner, Associate Director for Clinical Services and registered dietician and nutrition specialist at the Weight Management Center at MUSC

  This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Bernadette Marriott about a dietary research study underway to determine if Omega-3 Fatty Acids can reduce self-harm behaviors, and risk of suicide in adults. Dr. Marriott is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry and she is the lead principal investigator for the BRAVO research study at MUSC.

Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.